The Most Important Games for a conference are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final playoff picture. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting Eastern conference games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
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|---|---|---|
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| Bulls (22‑31) |
Pistons (27‑26) |
64 |
| Magic (26‑29) |
Hornets (13‑38) |
62 |
| Thunder (43‑9) |
Heat (25‑26) |
53 |
| Timberwolves (30‑24) |
Bucks (28‑24) |
44 |
| Pacers (29‑22) |
Knicks (34‑18) |
31 |
| Sixers (20‑32) |
Raptors (16‑37) |
25 |
| Celtics (38‑16) |
Spurs (23‑28) |
13 |